Pool-ball carrier.



- No. 872,766. I I PATENTED DEG.3,190'7.

JIA. SMITH. POOL BALL CARRIER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 6,190.7..

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JOHN A. SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

POOL-BALL CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed May 6. 1907. Serial No. 372.095.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN A. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Pool-Ball Carriers, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

In the game of pool it is common to use a number of balls which are placed on the table in the form of a triangle.

This invention relates to a carrier used for holding the balls and for carrying them from one table to another always retaining the balls in the position in which they are.to be placed on the table.

Another object of the invention is to make a carrier that will retain the balls in place and will have a soft surface for them to rest on in order that they will not be marred by rough handling.

Another object of the invention is to provide a carrier for such balls as will reduce the rack space required as well as the time it requires to take the balls out of the rack and arrange them on the table when the game is over.

In the drawing in which like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a plan of the carrier showing one of the ball triangles in place in the carrier. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the carrier, the plane of section being vertical and looking u in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the carrier showing a pool hall triangle in place also in section.

The carrier is composed of a triangular base plate 1 made from any suitable material, and thin enough to allow the balls to be pushed on it easily. This plate has u turned edges 2, between which is placed tl ie handle 3. This handle must be placed off the center line in order to make the weight of the balls in the triangle pitch the carrier a little toward the pointed end at which is located the catch 5. When this is done there is little danger of the carrier dumping the triangle and the balls out on the floor, but to make sure that the triangle cannot slip out of the holder a catch is provided to hold the triangle and balls in place securely. Any form of catch may be used, but I have shown an upturned lip at the front end of the carrier numbered 5. The triangle may be lifted a small amount to pass over this lip, but when once behind it the balls and triangle cannot slip out of the holder, and it is curved in such a way as to be completely out of the way of the first ball in the triangle.

Since thin metal is the most suitable material to make the holder of it is necessary to provide some soft material for the balls to rest onin order that they may not get badly marked. This material may be soft paper,.

or cloth of any kind 1, and which may be glued to the top of the carrier bottom.

The operation of the device is as follows: The balls are placed in the triangle on the table, the carrier is placed on the table in front of the triangle, then the triangle is gently pushed on the carrier with the balls. The triangle is pushed up to the turned up edges of the plate and over the catch at the front when it will'drop down into place and it is then ready to be carried about at will like a basket, or a satchel. The handle is placed off the center slightly in order that the carrier may tip slightly toward the front and in this way insure the safe carriage of the balls.

I am aware that modifications of the invention may be made and all such as come within the scope of the claims herein I reserve the-right to use.

Having thus described my invention in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

1. In a ball carrier, a flat base plate having two of its edges upturned, a handle secured between the edges, and means to retain a pool ball triangle on the plate.

2. In a'ball carrier,the combination of a flat base plate having two of its edges upturned, a handle secured between the upturned edges, and means at one of the other edges of the carrier to hold a pool ball triangle on the carrier.

3. In a ball carrier, the combination of a flat base plate having two of its edges upturned and open at a third edge, a handle secured to the upturned edges and passing over the base plate, and means at a fourth edge of .the base plate to hold a pool ball triangle on the base plate.

4. In a carrier for balls, 2. trapezoidal base plate having two of its edges upturned and the other two open, a handle secured to the upturned edges and extending over the base,

and means to secure a pool ball triangle on the base.

5. In aball carrier, a trapezoidal base plate having its opposite non-parallel edges upturned and the other two open, a handle secured to the upturned edges and extending between them,.and means to secure a pool l ball triangle on the base plate.-

6. In a ball carrier, a trapezoidal base plate having its opposite non-parallel edges upturned and the other two edges open, a handle secured to the upturned edges and extending between them, and means at the shortest edge of the trapezoid for holding a pool ball triangle on the base plate.

7. In a pool ball carrier, a fiat trapezoidal base plate, means at one of the edges thereof to secure a pool ball triangle thereon, and a handle extending across the plate above the same whereby the triangle and balls may be carried from place to place.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the two subscribing Witnesses this 30th day of April A. D. 1907.

I JOHN A. SMITH. Witnessesz J. H. WARE,

C. P. GRIFFIN. 

